The following is an index to property transfer deeds recorded at the Suffolk County Deed Registry from the original land purchase until conversion of the building into condominium units. Mortgages, trust agreements, and other similar recorded documents are not included. This index is intended as a guide only; actual deeds should be reviewed for details.
Transfers of Land and Buildings | ||||
Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page |
20Apr1976 | Glen G. Grant, trustee, 311 Commonwealth Avenue Trust | 311 Commonwealth Avenue Condominium | 8869 | 277 |
02Feb1976 | Milton H. Shray, executor of the will of Saul I. Shray | Glen G. Grant, trustee, 311 Commonwealth Avenue Trust | 8848 | 183 |
30Oct1975 | Jerome S. Bartzoff and Daniel S. Shoostine (foreclosure of mortgage given to Saul I. Shray) | Milton H. Shray, executor of the Will of Saul I. Shray | 8828 | 388 |
02Jan1968 | Saul I. Shray | Jerome S. Bartzoff and Daniel S. Shoostine | 8172 | 359 |
25Jun1951 | Saul I. Shray, trustee, 311 Commonwealth Ave. Trust | Saul I. Shray | 6706 | 571 |
29May1951 | Frank S. Kaufman and Ida E. Kaufman, trustees, Medical Building Property Trust | Saul I. Shray, trustee, 311 Commonwealth Ave. Trust | 6697 | 220 |
15Dec1948 | Norman Lipson, trustee, Waterson Trust | Frank S. Kaufman and Ida E. Kaufman, trustees, Medical Building Property Trust | 6483 | 574 |
27Sep1948 | Norman Lipson, trustee, Mackay Realty Trust | Norman Lipson, trustee, Waterson Trust | 6464 | 290 |
25Jun1948 | Annie D. Mackay | Norman Lipson, trustee, Mackay Realty Trust | 6441 | 231 |
25Jun1948 | Worcester North Savings Institution | Annie D. Mackay | 6441 | 225 |
25Jun1948 | North Realty Investment, Inc. | Worcester North Savings Institution | 6441 | 224 |
07Jul1944 | Abraham M. Sonnabend and Leopold M. Sonnabend, trustees, A. M. Sonnabend Properties | North Realty Investment, Inc. | 6104 | 27 |
08Sep1943 | Max Sandler | Abraham M. Sonnabend and Leopold M. Sonnabend, trustees, A. M. Sonnabend Properties | 6056 | 566 |
31Aug1943 | Worcester North Savings Institution | Max Sandler | 6056 | 561 |
12Aug1943 | Albert M. Hunt | Worcester North Saving Institution | 6049 | 381 |
27Nov1937 (recorded 31Aug1943) | Ray C. Johnson | Albert M. Hunt | 6056 | 42 |
24Nov1937 | Worcester North Savings Institution | Ray C. Johnson | 5702 | 14 |
10Mar1937 | Louis D. Ziman, individually and as trustee, Ziman Realty Trust (foreclosure of mortgage given by Louis D. Ziman and assumed by subsequent owners) | Worcester North Saving Institution | 5652 | 555 |
08May1929 | Jacob Bloch | Augustus Roberts and Esther Brooker, trustees, Medical Building Trust | 5099 | 30 |
08May1929 | Bernard Brooker | Jacob Bloch | 5099 | 29 |
02Nov1927 | Mary A. Brennan | Bernard Brooker | 4950 | 324 |
19Oct1927 | Louis D. Ziman, trustee, Ziman Realty Trust | Mary A. Brennan | 4946 | 411 |
16Aug1927 | Mary A. Brennan | Louis D. Ziman, trustee, Ziman Realty Trust | 4925 | 430 |
24Jun1927 | Joseph L. Rome | Mary A. Brennan | 4910 | 471 |
22Mar1926 | Louis Marden and Frank Orlando (foreclosure of mortgage) | Joseph L. Rome | 4771 | 581 |
20Jun1924 | Carroll T. Donahue | Louis Marden and Frank Orlando | 4586 | 374 |
01Mar1924 | William N. Ambler | Carroll T. Donahue | 4554 | 387 |
10Oct1923 | Frank W. Remick, executor of the will of Mary G. Ropes | William N. Ambler | 4514 | 428 |
09Mar1892 | Thomas Dana, II (foreclosure of mortgage given to Charles F. Kellogg, trustee for the Maverick National Bank of Boston and assigned to Charles F. Kellogg and Thomas P. Beal, receivers of the Maverick National Bank) | Mary G. Ropes, wife of Joseph A. Ropes | 2046 | 398 |
Transfers of Unimproved Land | ||||
Date of Deed | Grantor | Grantee | Book | Page |
24Apr1877 | Grenville T. W. Braman, Henry D. Hyde, and Frank W. Andrews, trustees (corner lot with 28 foot frontage on Commonwealth and 124.5 foot frontage on Hereford) | Thomas Dana, II | 1373 | 254 |
01Mar1872 | Boston Water Power Company | Grenville T. W. Braman, Henry D. Hyde, and Frank W. Andrews, trustees | 1095 | 1 |